Defense officials say Asher Vaknin ignored Israeli interest in reaching a deal but he didn't act alone, the public security minister was set on imposing harsher conditions for prisoners at almost any price

With coalition negotiations underway on the formation of a new government, a new public security minister will be appointed to succeed Gilad Erdan. For the time being, the country’s police have managed to gain...

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